Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Eight. Dawn?, 21st day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia
The invaders of the anthill press their advantage! Suddenly, in a blur of silver and an eruption of flames, they halve their enemy's number! But what remains of the systematic, relentless plague does not falter in their steadfast defense of the colony!
To the north, Mako, Cruloc and Xorzen shift to the other battlefront as Amethu crouches beneath the billowing black smoke to watch the blazing barricade, and their rear flank. He readies another oil flask when suddenly, out of the blazing holocaust lunges the gigantic soldier ant being burned alive! Its inhuman will is indomitable!
Engulfed by flames, it attacks nonetheless! Razor sharp mandibles savage the sorcerer-priest of Uthoth (-3hp damage) and hold him so the long grotesque stinger can impale him and fill his bloodstream with a deadly toxin! (-4hp more damage. Please Save vs Poison or take another 5hp damage!)
On the southern front, a line of mangled insect corpses grows around the raiders' feet! Garrin, Kiri, Loche and Zahra toil to add to it! Evading their enemies' ravening jaws, Loche gashes a crawling attacker with his dagger! And yet another colossal insect falls like ripe grain beneath Zahra's merciless sword!
Kiri Khutan's enchanted trident fails to pierce a thickly plated exoskeleton but, at the spellsword's command, the hovering torch borne aloft by the spirit of his dead ancestor moves southeastward, illuminating this great subterranean hollow.
As Cruloc binds his wounds (+1hp), Mako sees this space is an immense food store for the colony. The vast low chamber is filled with large, organized piles of fungi, lichens and other plant matter, ravaged mummified corpses of men, and dead insects and worms all grown to gigantic proportions by the warping chaos of Zargoth's very presence! The far wall holds another round tunnel, leading out to the east.
Actions?!
Map Detail:
One square = 10 feet. Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory.
Map:
Non-required Reading (rolls and rulings):
PC Status:
- Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 5/14, Spells: 3/7 1st lvl, 3/3 2nd lvl, Lantern on ground
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 2: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 16/35, Torch
Garrin: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 13/26, Laying Hands: 0/1
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 2/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 14/14, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, Torch
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 11/25
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 3: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 10/10, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl, Light Spell
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6(4), HP: 4/16
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 3: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 8/21
- Protection from Evil (Garrin): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Garrin.
Healing Mists of Osorus (Garrin, Kiri, Loche, Mako and Xorzen have breathed of the mists): All lost HP recovered with 8 hours of sleep. Wakeful rest, or sleeping less than 8 hours, enables recovery of 1 HP per hour. Duration: "months."
Unseen Servant (Kiri): Duration: 61 rounds
Light (Mako): Duration: 13 rounds
